Henderson v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by Edwin L. Henderson against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The plaintiff was injured by coming in contact with a -furniture van standing at the side of the street in such close proximity-to the car track as to cause the plaintiff’s body to strike the same as the car passed, whereby he sustained injury, for which the recovery of dámages has been awarded. The facts of the case are that the *691plaintiff took the car at the corner of Gates and Marcy avenues, where it stopped for the purpose of receiving passengers. It was an open car, and was crowded, the seats being all occupied. Some persons were standing between the seats, and others were upon the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Moylan v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Hassen v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Wood v. Brooklyn City RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Hassen v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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- Kelly v. Santa Barbara Consolidated RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Rosen v. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery RailroadAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1904